Last year I finally convinced my landlord to buy me a new refrigerator because my previous one sounded like a truck. She gave me a few options from which to choose and unsurprisingly I based my decision 100% on the freezer capacity. My freezer arrived. I was unused to such... Read more →
I made some fun ice, as I tend to do. For the grid ice, I first made ice using the Ghost Ice tray, then I just set it on a cookie drying rack that I heated up on the stove burner. I think it looks like the tardis from Dr.... Read more →
I bought some collins-sized ice cube trays (these ones) and decided to make an ice spear version of Jenga. I mean, why not? I didn't expect it would actually work. I mean, it didn't work all that well but I was able to get three out! Probably the second two... Read more →
I made striped ice cubes. The first time I made striped ice was just before I figured out directional freezing to make clear ice. Having realized that the cloudiness in ice was caused by trapped air and not minerals, I tried to pour very thin layers of water in a... Read more →
VinePair writer Tim McKirdy wrote a story on How to Create Perfectly Clear Ice, so naturally he included Directional Freezing, and the method I created way back in 2009 using a picnic cooler. This is just a quick post to link to it so that I don't forget. Check it... Read more →
Men's Journal did a story on directional freezing highlighting my cooler method of 11 years ago. Spoiler: It still works. Check it out here. Read more →
I was interviewed for a story on ice that appeared in the Wall Street Journal this week. Here's the story link if you have subscriber access. The intro part that mentions me is below. Read more →
A few years back. a couple different ice adventurers figured out that you can use a silicone ice cube tray to make clear cubes in a directional freezing system (an insulated cooler in a freezer) simply by poking holes in the bottom of the tray, setting the tray on a... Read more →